1) Mrs. Bixby says that she feels "a sort of eternal patient, someone who dwelt in the waiting room". What does this tell us about their married life? 2) How does Dahl use suspense and the krait to create internal conflict in the story "Poison"? 3) Give a brief character sketch of the old man in "The Umbrella Man" by Roald Dahl and how he managed to make the mother believe his story. 4) How did Mr and Mrs Cleaver begin to ‘climb the social ladder’? 5) The Big Question: What is the Poison? 6) After Mrs. Bixby reads the Colonel's note, she experiences a variety of feelings that the author captures in single words and short sentences. Is this style of writing effective? Make a list of her changing emotions. 7) What is the moral of Poison by Roald Dahl? 8) Do you think the writer creates sympathy for the butler or for Mr Cleaver? Justify your answer with examples from the text. 9) Timber states, “The bite is quite deadly except sometimes when you catch it at once”). Toward the end of the story, Harry calls Ganderbai a “dirty little sewer rat” and “You dirty black--.” What is the relationship between Timber’s statement and Harry’s statement? 10) In the Umbrella man, from the opening of the story, what do we learn about the narrator and the setting of the story? 11) What are the themes in Mrs. Bixby’s? 12) Was the butler right or wrong to do what he did? Why did he do it? 13) What is the moral of the story the Umbrella Man? 14) The author has chosen two different styles of language for Tibbs and Mr Cleaver. Explain what we learn about the characters and their life experiences from the way they speak. 15) What are the symbols in the umbrella man?

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